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Arianne Brown: The upcoming school year will be fine because you have options
Arianne Brown, KSL.com Contributor | Posted Aug 5th - 8:05am
With school districts in Utah putting out their plans for the 2020-2021 school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents are finding themselves torn. But there are more options out there than you think.
Alpine School District: Many parents haven’t declared if students learning from home, in class
Brittany Tait, KSL TV | Posted Jul 31st - 7:48am
Thousands of parent have not responded to Alpine School District's requests to declare if their kids are staying home or returning to class.
Amid concern over teacher safety, UEA calls on governor, state leaders to delay in-person start to classes
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Jul 28th - 5:30pm
With hundreds of teachers nervous to return to classrooms, Utah Education Association leaders are calling on state leaders to delay the start of the upcoming school year or push it online.
Davis School District pivots to 2-day in-person, 3-day remote learning plan for fall 2020
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Jul 28th - 11:53am
Davis School District will begin the 2020-21 academic year on an alternate-day, hybrid model of in-person and remote learning options for all students, the district announced Tuesday.
Canyons School District opens fall registration with 3 learning options
Ashley Moser, KSL TV | Posted Jul 28th - 8:04am
Students in the Canyons School District have three options to choose from when returning to school in the fall.
Amid virus, uncertainty, parents decide how to school kids
Tammy Webber and Stephen Groves, Associated Press | Posted Jul 25th - 11:56am
As they decide how their children will learn this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic, parents are anxiously weighing the benefits of in-person instruction against the risks that schools could shut their doors again or that their children could contract the virus.
Deciding how to handle back-to-school? 3 things you can do to find hope in the unknown
Nicole Carpenter, KSL.com Contributor | Posted Jul 22nd - 7:45pm
Parents everywhere are torn between the need to get children back in school and the fear that it is not safe for them to do so. Here are three things we can do to find hope in the unknown as we prepare for back to school.
Alpine School District needs to hire 800 more substitute teachers
Ashley Moser, KSL TV | Posted Jul 22nd - 8:09am
The Alpine School District is looking to hire 1,500 substitutes for the upcoming school year. They’re still 800 substitutes short of their goal.
As school districts plan to reopen, are teachers' health, safety concerns adequately addressed?
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Jul 21st - 4:12pm
After many conversations with administrators and board members, the Canyons Education Association says many teachers' concerns about returning to classes aren’t being heard.
Ogden School District to return to class Aug. 20 with laptops for home and school
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted Jul 21st - 8:21am
Ogden students will return to the classroom this fall, but things won’t look normal.
Guidance for masks in schools varies widely across US states
Scott McFetridge, Associated Press | Posted Jul 20th - 9:00am
School districts that plan to reopen classrooms in the fall are wrestling with whether to require teachers and students to wear face masks — an issue that has divided urban and rural schools and yielded widely varying guidance.
Comet NEOWISE discovered by space-based telescope built by USU’s Space Dynamics Laboratory
Marjorie Cortez, KSL | Posted Jul 19th - 8:40pm
Stargazing Utahns may have already seen Comet NEOWISE, which is visible above the northwest horizon about an hour and half after sunset. Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Lab played a key role in the comet’s discovery.
What are Utah schools doing to prepare for and prevent COVID-19 outbreaks?
Tania Dean, KSL TV and Deanie Wimmer, KSL TV | Posted Jul 17th - 8:48am
As many students prepare to return to the classroom next month, schools are taking a lot of safety precautions. But what happens in case of an outbreak of COVID-19 at a school?
Anti-mask crowd fills Utah County meeting on mask mandate exemption request; meeting rescheduled due to health concerns
MacK Jones, KSL | Posted Jul 15th - 6:35pm
Utah County Commissioner Bill Lee pulled his mask off before addressing a crowd of nearly 100 anti-mask protesters, drawing cheers from the unmasked crowd.
Alpine School District lays out preliminary plans for the upcoming school year
Kyle Dunphey, KSL | Posted Jul 14th - 9:05pm
The Alpine School District gave a preview of what the 2020-21 school year will look like during a Tuesday night board of education meeting.
Trump administration rescinds rule barring foreign students from taking all classes online this fall
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 14th - 1:49pm
The Trump administration rescinds rule barring foreign students from taking all classes online this fall.
Parents unhappy after Salt Lake schools plan for online learning
Tania Dean, KSL TV | Posted Jul 13th - 9:40pm
Salt Lake City School District officials announced their plan for the fall, and many parents and teachers said they aren’t happy with it.
US debates school reopening, WHO warns 'no return to normal'
Adriana Gomez Licon and Adam Geller, Associated Press | Posted Jul 13th - 6:26am
The resurgence of the coronavirus in the United States ignited fierce debate Monday about whether to reopen schools, as global health officials warned that the pandemic will intensify unless more countries adopt comprehensive plans to combat it.
